Alzheimer'S News
- k1019 BC-AZ-Obit-Hurt 01-04 0211 Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:34PMPHOENIX (AP) -- Bob Hurt, a longtime sports columnist for The Arizona Republic who also worked at newspapers in Kansas and Oklahoma, has died. He was 84.
- Galway, Ireland Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:43PMFollowing the discovery of the body of an elderly Mayo man in his New York apartment a week after he died, emigrant support groups are conducting a census to establish where elderly Irish people are living.
- The Week Ahead: Investors braced for grim news from M&S Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:10PM It is an important week for the retailers as they assess the damage after an "appalling" run-up to Christmas. None more so than Marks & Spencer, which some fear could warn on profits on Wednesday.
- Madoff Victims Selling Memorabilia On eBay Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:45PMFormer employees and clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff are hoping to recoup some of their losses by selling Madoff memorabilia on eBay.
- Diabetics ‘at risk of progressive mental slowdown’ Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:38PMAdults with diabetes may find their mental abilities slowing down soon after the disease appears, a study suggests.
- Events Calendar Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:19AMn “Jesus Christ Superstar” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Christopher Cohan Center, Cal Poly campus; pre-show lecture, 6 p.m., at the PAC Gallery level lobby. Cost: $56 to $68 and $44 to $54 for students.
- For their efforts to help others Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:33AMCorona del Mar resident Michael Harrison spends so much time at the 210-acre nature preserve that he’s preparing for wilderness education activities for local youths that his business partners aren’t sure that he still works, Harrison joked.
- Doctor has a lot of patience Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:29AMDr. Robert Stall is not your typical physician. As a geriatrician, he listens, taking that extra step, creating customized online radio stations for his patients and celebrating birthdays with centenarians. His unusual office in the Town of Tonawanda features one grand Steinway piano -- circa 1868.
- Volunteer search Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:06AM106.7 KPOV, BEND’S COMMUNITY RADIO STATION is looking for energetic volunteers to do everything from database entry to tending Booth at summer events. Contact: 541-322-0863 or info@kpov. org.AARP TAX-AIDE needs volunteers in Central Oregon to provide free basic services to seniors and low income residents. Free training will be provided in January. Contact: Doug King, 541-388-1772.
- Support Groups Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:00AMAll meetings are nonsmoking unless otherwise noted. 9 a.m., S.A.S.S., closed meeting, Alano Club. 11 a.m., Spiritual Meeting, open discussion, Alano Club.
- Heather Locklear Gets Probation In DUI Case Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:55PMHeather Locklear evades DUI charges by pleading guilty to a lesser offense.
- Death Notices for Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:50PMGrace Branscum Funeral Services Were Tuesday Funeral services for Grace Mae Branscum, 75, Leslie, were held Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Meyer-Hilke-Millard Funeral Home, Gerald.
- IRS Lists Valuable Tax Credits Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:44PMThe Internal Revenue Service lists some credits that can cut your tax bill or boost your refund.
- Woman?s Estate Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:27PMA journalist reports on the family drama surrounding Brooke Astor?s decline.
- A Sponsor of Literary Readings Gets a Little Help With Living Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:26PMA man turned to begging on the street in order to support his passion for staging free public readings of great literature.
- Biotech Blues Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:12PMThe downturn is getting ugly for young biotech companies. Will a generation of innovators be put on ice?
- January 1, 2009 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:41PMIn this Dec. 4, 1938 file photo, Sammy Baugh, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, is shown at the Polo Grounds in New York. Baugh, who set numerous passing records with the Washington Redskins in an era when NFL teams were running most every down, died Dec. 17, 2008 his son said.
- Starting out 2009 with a plunge at Boulder Reservoir Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:17PMSeemingly unaware of the small chorus of wolf whistles, Matthew Rooney slid off his forest green robe to adjust the turquoise bikini top underneath. Rooney closed the robe and pulled up a rubber-duck-shaped inner tube around his hips. The 40-year-old Lyons resident was readying himself for his first-ever Polar Plunge at the Boulder Reservoir. “It was great,” he said afterward. “It was really ...
- Starting out 2009 with a plunge Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:15PMSeemingly unaware of the small chorus of wolf whistles, Matthew Rooney slid off his forest green robe to adjust the turquoise bikini top underneath. Rooney closed the robe and pulled up a rubber-duck-shaped inner tube around his hips.
- Nursing home quality varies by region in Mass. Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:40PMMore affluent areas of Massachusetts tend to have higher quality nursing homes, according to an Associated Press review of federal data.
- Diabetes can slow the brain, study finds Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:23PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes can slow the brain, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers reported on Wednesday.
- Geraldine Capuano Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:56PM Naples, Fla. - Geraldine “Geri” Marie (Walkwitz) Capuano, 79, a former resident of Springfield, Mass., Wethersfield and Stonington, passed away peacefully at her home
- States face challenges unseen since WWII Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:53PMWorsening budget shortfalls will prompt many state lawmakers to ask a basic question when they return to work in January: What must government provide its
- Western Kentucky University Chess Club seeks sponsors Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:36PMNearly all the pieces are in place for Western Kentucky University to secure a college chess tournament.
- Geoff Oldfather: Neighbors help one another through network Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:13PMIn a time when it seems more and more people look to government to solve their problems, this group is doing the opposite.
- Scientists succeed through stem cell therapy in reversing brain birth defects Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:56PMScientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in reversing brain birth defects in animal models, using stem cells to replace defective brain cells.
- Faye L. Downey Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:56PMCRAIGSVILLE — Faye (Lambert) Downey, 63, of 166 First St., died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2008, at Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville. She was born April 25, 1945, in Pendleton County, W.Va., the daughter of the late Oscar and Ethel (Moyers) Lambert.
- My Time: Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:53PMTOP: From left, getting into the holiday spirit are Mary Sparks with Assistance League Chesapeake member Darla Burchell at Sunrise Assisted Living. BOTTOM: Millie Seybold plays jingle bells as Carolyn Crawford of Assistnce League Chesapeake sings.
- Giving the gift of life Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:22PMThe bond Bill and Pat Ledbetter share with Bonnie Lundy goes beyond friendship.Next week, Lundy plans to continue nurturing that bond when she rides on the Donate Life float in Pasadena’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade holding a floragraph (a decorative photo) of the Ledbetter’s late daughter, Shay.In August 1992, the Ledbetters donated their daughter Shay’s heart to Bonnie after Shay ...
- Business calendar Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:14PM#9830;Neighborhood Connection Adult Education Classes, presented by Fort Wayne Community Schools: COMPUTER:
- Mirabella Seattle Opens its Doors Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:00PM SEATTLE----Mirabella Seattle, a new Continuing Care Retirement Community , has opened ahead of schedule in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. On December 15, 2008, four families moved into their apartment homes, with many others moving in on a carefully planned schedule.
- Pasadena Museum of California Art Shows Deborah Aschheim & Lisa Mezzacappa: Earworms Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 1:41PMPASADENA, CA.- The contemporary artist Deborah Aschheim and musician Lisa Mezzacappa energize the PMCA Project Room with an inspired collaboration of complex and fragile site-specific installations incorporating both sight and sound.
- News and Features for Lake Isabella, California Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 11:15AMHospice. Just hearing the word elicits strong reactions. For most, the word conjures up images of fear, pain and sadness. That is unless the listener is one of the rapidly growing number of people who has had someone close to them utilize the unique medical service that hospice offers.
- Clifford White, theater prof and director, dead at 83 Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 9:28AMAs his friends and family will tell you, Cliff White never did anything halfway.
- CIVIC BRIEFS Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 7:47AMThe Kiwanis of Dallas recently aided the Salvation Army with its annual bell ringing project. The event was hosted by Thomas; Market in the Shavertown Shopping Center.
- Around Oakland Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 7:07AMBirmingham
- Honor Roll Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:57AMMarine Cpl. Lisa M. Bodenburg, a 2005 honors graduate of Kenmore East High School, is serving in Iraq as the only female crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367.
- Sleep Disorder May be Early Sign of Dementia or Parkinson’s Disease Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:15AMPeople with a sleep disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during their sleep may be at greater risk of developing dementia or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in the December 24, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
- People and Places Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 3:01AM•The National FFA Organization, headquartered in Indianapolis, donated about 2,000 cans to the Gleaners Food Bank.
- Christmas Wishes: Readers share what their hearts most desire Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:33AMWhat is your greatest wish? We asked our readers to tell us what they would ask for if they got one wish in exchange for giving up their Christmas presents this year and next year.
- Alzheimer’s support group to meet Jan. 6 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:32AMIn an effort to support the community, Hampton Cypress Station is inviting people to attend the first Tuesday of each month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for its Alzheimer’s Support Group.
- Memory care facility opens Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:19AMAs one of the larger employers in the area, Settlers Ridge Care Center continues to push further ahead with the new Memory Lane Care Center, enclosed within the present facility but totally self-sufficient in its operation.
- A Boom in Memory-Enhancing Drugs? Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 1:15AM
- Obituaries for the week of December 24, 2008 Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:44AMRobert F. (“Bob”) Edwards, husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather and friend, peacefully entered into the gates of heaven to be reunited with his loved ones for Christmas.
- Prostate cancer treatment options continue to grow Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:27AMTo treat or not to treat? And if the decision is to undergo treatment for prostate cancer, which of the half-dozen or so treatments to choose?
- Cold weather kills 10 in Maryland since October Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:17AMCold weather has claimed the lives of at least 10 Marylanders since October, including one victim found dead in his unheated Baltimore County home, state health officials said Monday.
- Peace on earth and good will to men Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:57PMWhat a peace about nine years ago. We were blessed to meet a wonderful lady by the name of Luva Tolbert. Our first encounter was at the hospital. We were taken by how she was in so much pain but still able to smile. As years passed we even became closer.
- Chocolate, Wine And Tea Improve Brain Performance Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:18PMAll that chocolate might actually help finish the bumper Christmas crossword over the seasonal period. According to Oxford researchers working with colleagues in Norway, chocolate, wine and tea enhance cognitive performance.
- Panama City detectives still working 1986 cold case Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 8:05AMPANAMA CITY — Lois Bailey Johnson was a night person and it was in the darkness that her killer found her.
- 17 area nursing homes get lowest ranking possible Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 8:03AMSeventeen metro-east nursing homes got the lowest ranking possible in a new rating system released by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
